Author: Vallabhbhai Patel
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 282
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The Collected Works of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel: 1 January 1935-31 December 1935 : Chairman of Congress Parliamentary Board prepares the country for provincial elections, organises plague relief work in Gujarat
Author: Vallabhbhai Patel
Publisher:
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 282
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 282
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The Collected Works of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel: 1 January 1935-31 December 1935
Author: Vallabhbhai Patel
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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Publisher:
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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Dethroned
Author: John Zubrzycki
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 1805263099
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
The dramatic true story of the betrayal of hundreds of Indian princely states by both the departing British and the new Congress government. In July 1947, India's last Viceroy, Lord Louis Mountbatten, stood before New Delhi's Chamber of Princes to deliver the most important speech of his career. He had just three weeks to convince over 550 sovereign princely states--some tiny, some the size of Britain--to become part of a free India. Once Britain's most faithful allies, the princes could choose between joining India or Pakistan, or declaring independence. This is a saga of intrigue, brinkmanship and broken promises, wrought by Mountbatten and two of independent India's founding fathers: the country's most senior civil servant, V.P. Menon, and Congress strongman Vallabhbhai Patel. What India's architects described as a 'bloodless revolution' was anything but, as violence engulfed Kashmir and Indian troops crushed Hyderabad's dreams of independence. Most princes accepted the inevitable, exchanging their power for guarantees of privileges and titles in perpetuity. But these dynasties were still led to extinction--not by the sword, but by political expediency--leaving them with little more than fading memories of a glorified past.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 1805263099
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
The dramatic true story of the betrayal of hundreds of Indian princely states by both the departing British and the new Congress government. In July 1947, India's last Viceroy, Lord Louis Mountbatten, stood before New Delhi's Chamber of Princes to deliver the most important speech of his career. He had just three weeks to convince over 550 sovereign princely states--some tiny, some the size of Britain--to become part of a free India. Once Britain's most faithful allies, the princes could choose between joining India or Pakistan, or declaring independence. This is a saga of intrigue, brinkmanship and broken promises, wrought by Mountbatten and two of independent India's founding fathers: the country's most senior civil servant, V.P. Menon, and Congress strongman Vallabhbhai Patel. What India's architects described as a 'bloodless revolution' was anything but, as violence engulfed Kashmir and Indian troops crushed Hyderabad's dreams of independence. Most princes accepted the inevitable, exchanging their power for guarantees of privileges and titles in perpetuity. But these dynasties were still led to extinction--not by the sword, but by political expediency--leaving them with little more than fading memories of a glorified past.
The Collected Works of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel: 1 January 1948-31 December 1948 : Sardar Patel justifies partition. Unique role in merging of over 500 princely states in Indian union. Opposes referring of Kashmire issue to UN. Elucidates Gandhiji's views on armed intervention in Kashmir and even making of an atomic bomb, if necessary
Author: Vallabhbhai Patel
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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Empire, Politics and the Creation of the 1935 India Act
Author: Andrew Muldoon
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317144309
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
The 1935 Government of India Act was arguably the most significant turning point in the history of the British administration in India. The intent of the Act, a proposal for an Indian federation, was the continuation of British control of India, and the deflection of the challenge to the Raj posed by Gandhi, Nehru and the nationalist movement. This book seeks to understand why British administrators and politicians believed that such a strategy would work and what exactly underpinned their reasons. It is argued that British efforts to defuse and disrupt the activities of Indian nationalists in the interwar years were predicated on certain cultural beliefs about Indian political behaviour and capacity. However, this was not simply a case of 'Orientalist' policy-making. Faced with a complicated political situation, a staggering amount of information and a constant need to produce analysis, the officers of the Raj imposed their own cultural expectations upon events and evidence to render them comprehensible. Indians themselves played an often overlooked role in the formulation of this political intelligence, especially the relatively few Indians who maintained close ties to the colonial government such as T.B. Sapru and M.R. Jayakar. These men were not just mediators, as they have frequently been portrayed, but were in fact important tacticians whose activities further demonstrated the weaknesses of the colonial information economy. The author employs recently released archival material, including the Indian Political Intelligence records, to situate the 1935 Act in its multiple and overlapping contexts: internal British culture and politics; the imperial 'information order' in India; and the politics of Indian nationalism. This rich and nuanced study is essential reading for scholars working on British, Indian and imperial history.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317144309
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
The 1935 Government of India Act was arguably the most significant turning point in the history of the British administration in India. The intent of the Act, a proposal for an Indian federation, was the continuation of British control of India, and the deflection of the challenge to the Raj posed by Gandhi, Nehru and the nationalist movement. This book seeks to understand why British administrators and politicians believed that such a strategy would work and what exactly underpinned their reasons. It is argued that British efforts to defuse and disrupt the activities of Indian nationalists in the interwar years were predicated on certain cultural beliefs about Indian political behaviour and capacity. However, this was not simply a case of 'Orientalist' policy-making. Faced with a complicated political situation, a staggering amount of information and a constant need to produce analysis, the officers of the Raj imposed their own cultural expectations upon events and evidence to render them comprehensible. Indians themselves played an often overlooked role in the formulation of this political intelligence, especially the relatively few Indians who maintained close ties to the colonial government such as T.B. Sapru and M.R. Jayakar. These men were not just mediators, as they have frequently been portrayed, but were in fact important tacticians whose activities further demonstrated the weaknesses of the colonial information economy. The author employs recently released archival material, including the Indian Political Intelligence records, to situate the 1935 Act in its multiple and overlapping contexts: internal British culture and politics; the imperial 'information order' in India; and the politics of Indian nationalism. This rich and nuanced study is essential reading for scholars working on British, Indian and imperial history.
The Collected Works of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel: 1 July 1937 - 31 December 1938; Sardar Patel supervises functioning of congress ministries
Author: Vallabhbhai Patel
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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Publisher:
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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The Collected Works of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel: 1 July 1937-31 December 1938, Sardar Patel supervises functioning of Congress ministries, lays down norms
Author: Vallabhbhai Patel
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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Publisher:
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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The Collected Works of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel: 1 January 1943 - 31 December 1946; Sardar Patel Persuades Congress to Accept Cabinet Mission Proposal - Emerges as India's Shrewdest Statesman - Differences with Maulana Azad on Policy Matters
Author: Vallabhbhai Patel
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi: Dec. 16, 1934-Apr. 24, 1935
Author: Mahatma Gandhi
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 548
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 548
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Vallabhbhai Patel, Power and Organization in Indian Politics
Author: Rani Dhavan Shankardass
Publisher: UN
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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Publisher: UN
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description